Shoulda Tried Harder (Live at Sugarshack Sessions)

[Intro]
You know I used to be a slacker, y'all
I know a lot of us were, I've changed
Would y'all say I've changed?
(You've changed, a little bit) Yeah?
(Yeah, you've changed)
Alright
Just a little bit, but uh, I used to be a slacker when I wrote this song
I've changed, I'm a lot better off now but, uh
This one's old (Uh)
And uh, it's still cool
And some of y'all maybe are too
Maybe this intro's too long, who knows?
I don't slack on intros anymore, that's—
Back in the day when I was a slacker this intro would've been way shorter
So uh, we gon' keep it long, you know what I mean?
You good Koosh?
Let's go

[Chorus]
If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be
If I woulda tried harder
I coulda sailed the seven seas, yeah
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
Here I am

[Verse 1]
I should probably be a star by now
But I'm probably at the bar by now
If you're hearing this past five, or even four
If it's morning, I'm probably somewhere on a cement floor
Even more so if we on tour
Me and E explore the country, wondering about the evening before (Uh)
Trying to explain where the time went
While other rappers find a studio to grind in
It's kinda like when Kobe finds a gym
But the flow be Iverson
Yes, homie, I am him
I don't practice a lot, not a habit I got
I'd rather smoke pot and kick it with Craig and them
But Craig and them ain't making Benjamins
They just sittin' on the couch again and again and again
Damn, free time, I always wasted it
I wonder what my life would've been like if I'da gave a shit

[Chorus]
If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be (Be all I can be)
If I woulda tried harder
I coulda sailed the seven seas, yeah
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
Here I am

[Verse 2]
Back in high school, this shit was a breeze
Smoked a bunch of trees and I still got B's
Got high as ugh on my SAT's
Both as far as score-making and right before takin' 'em
I've never worked harder at a job than required
I've only worked hard enough not to be fired
It's like Office Space
You'da thought that Peter was there
Or Jennifer Aniston rockin' minimum pieces of flair
I couldn't imagine what woulda happened
If God wouldn'ta made me good at rappin'
It's only 'cause of that a good life I provide myself
But just think, what if I'd applied myself?
I could be another level rich
Sponsored by a bubble beverage
On television talking about how good Dr. Pepper is
I wish I was as ambitious as 50 Cent
I coulda went the same route him and Diddy went, but alas

[Chorus]
If I woulda tried harder
I would be all I can be (Be all I can be)
If I woulda tried harder
I coulda sailed the seven seas (Sailed the seven seas)
If I woulda tried harder
I would be a better man (Be a better man)
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am
Here I am

[Outro]
Ayy, a-la-da-da-da, uh, Michael Jordan, I ain't talkin' to you, nope
Mark Zuckerburg, I ain't talkin' to you, nope
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey, I ain't talkin' to you
To who else is successful?
Uh, Dwayne the Rock Johnson, I ain't talkin' to you
To Magic Johnson, I ain't talkin' to you
To Howard Johnson, I ain't talkin' to you
To the company Johnson & Johnson, I ain't talkin' to y'all
You made Band-Aids for Christ's sake, I ain't talkin' to y'all, no
Akoosh Modi, I ain't talkin' to you
To my brother Herbal T, I ain't talkin' to you
Davy Nathan, John [?], I ain't talkin' to you
To my people at the Sugarshack, I ain't talkin' to y'all, no
I ain't talkin' to y'all
Playin' basketball, I'm not that good
I'm gonna do my thing like you knew I would, ayo, uh-uh
I shoulda tried harder
I would be a better man, ayy
I guess I shoulda tried harder
But I didn't, so here I am

[Spoken]
Alright
Thank you
Bam
Thanks, y'all